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Soooo fellow geek classic monster collectors, order me, does this sound familiar? You are perusing various sites and store DVD racks and you stumble across these 75th Anniversary editions of DRACULA and FRANKENSTEIN and your geek heart starts palpitating at the concept of digitally restored version of these films and you collect all mad and you open deciding which laughable books you’ll give up this month to retract these instead…….but then you remember you’ve bought the last TWO previously released DVD versions of these films and now you wonder if these are worth it? OK….well…maybe this is kind of an exaggeration, but you know what I mean. I bowed to temptation because, well….Universal has me with their monster releases from diagram assist….period.
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Soooo…..as it is obligatory when one has bought three releases of the same d@mn film, I sat down with them all and ran them through to determine which was the best of them. It is without quiz IMO, that the DRACULA 75th DVD is the best transfer when compared to the 90’s (poster art), and the first LEGACY (green box art) releases. Picture-wise, the amount of speckles, noise and whatnot has been cleave quite a bit. This is most apparent in the darker scenes. So on a wonderful trace, seeing less snowy junk pop up is nice. Some of the scenes also observe less jittery. For example, in the previous releases, the scene when Frye first comes into Drac’s home and Lugosi is descending the staircase gradual him, the film image is really terrified…like watching a awful bootleg. In this 75th release it looks stable and doesn’t have that funky aliasing peer. The overall narrate quality fair feels cleaner in this release. But there is aloof a great amount of junk throughout the film that this cannot possibly be considered the definitive restoration. Only some making the leap from VHS to DVD will obtain their socks knocked of with this release. If you bought the other two, then you might be contented, but probably underwhelmed despite the safe points. Like the FRANKENSTEIN release, this calm feels like a money making thing than an anniversary homage to this film especially after the promise of something unusual from a third dip. Some people may say that we can’t seek information from noteworthy because the film is so outmoded. But sorry, after THREE RELEASES, and most especially since this one is clearly the supposed icing-on-the-cake release so far, well, I assume Universal could have done even better than this, Mighty BETTER. Technology as it stands nowadays is very forgiving when cleaning up traditional films…..but companies need to be willing to place the money into using said technololgy. I would mediate that even if the buying public of an older film such as this is puny and Universal wasn’t going to pour a ton of cash into it, well, being the third time releasing the same d@mn movie, would it be evil to bewitch they’d have enough saved in the piggy bank to do a definitve restoration instead of this continued fleecing, but hey, guess that’s business. I believe if they DID do remarkable better and THEY knew it, we would have gotten Fresh SPECIAL FEATURES and none of the stuff that was already on the other two releases build for the one Lugos bit that is unusual here.
Sound-wise, I have to agree with other reviews that I have read that mention that the 90’s release had better sound. It did seem a bit crisper. But like the FRANKENSTEIN releases, picking the better sound with DRACULA is like picking the lesser o two evils…….do you want Niagra Falls somewhere in the background or do you want gentle rapids? To me, all of the background hissing and popping and rustling sounds funky on all of the releases, but they eventually unprejudiced become share of the film. I don’t really have remarkable of a preference as none have ever been so super that I could get myself care THAT considerable.
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VALUE: Hmmmmmm……..if you have the money, this is the best DRACULA to pick up in terms of record and such. But one has to ask themselves how mighty they care about this film to fork over the cash for honest one film. If you are only marginally eager in this DRACULA, but tranquil want a copy, I’d go for the LEGACY space as that comes with other films and is the better value overall. This release is truly for the purists and gluttons for finacial punishment such as myself. Even though I have now three copies of this film, I have collected only managed to seek it less than ten times since the first 90’s release since, even though a classic, I glean DRACULA mostly a stupid affair when watched repeatedly so I hafta acquire it in like wine….stupid…and over time. So my point is, one has to ask themselves, how mighty do you care to topple the cash for yet another copy of this if you already have it?
PACKAGING: For the most section, identical to the green LEGACY sets. That is, the faux hardback book case that opens up to hiss two DVD’s. Only here, there is NO begin window slipcover to protect the case. This seems kinda cheap since the case is a chilly, leather-ish ‘grained’ cloak printed in matte sepia, which is nice. But it will succumb to scuffs and such considerable faster than the better protected LEGACY residence.
OVERALL: Like the FRANKENSTEIN 75th….this is chilly if you got the money to upgrade. But for what it’s touted as, this smooth is gets 50/50 from me. Fair sustain in mind that the ‘definitve’ HD/BLUE RAY versions will advance at some point ……..or at least the first versions of -those- definitve versions…so we ain’t outta the woods yet.
This DVD is the “Jewel in the Crown” of the classic Universal terror films released in that format. It includes a quality print of the Bella Lugosi DRACULA, with options to play the film with Philip Glass’ original soundtrack; the so-called “Spanish” DRACULA starring Carlos Villarias; and a inspiring documentary hosted by Carla Laemmle, who has a bit role in the Lugosi DRACULA and who was niece to Universal studio head Carl Laemmle. There is also an audio track by David J. Skal, production notes, and the like.
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The Lugosi DRACULA is somewhat problematic. DRACULA had been previously (and illegally) filmed as the calm NOSFERATU, and a later stage adaptation proved a staple of the British theatre. When the stage play at last arrived in Unique York, the title role fell to Bela Lugosi. Although Universal optioned the material, studio head Carl Laemmle was not interested about it; although European films were comfortable with the supernatural, American films were not, and Laemmle did not enjoy the public would salvage such an irrational account. Nor was Laemmle alive to in Lugosi; if DRACULA was to be filmed, it would be filmed with Lon Chaney.
When Chaney died the hide role went to Lugosi by default, but there were further issues. Originally planned as a big-budget production, the deeping Vast Depression made the film’s box office possibilities seem even slighter than before and its budget was slash to the bone. And Todd Browning, who had been such a successful director of the macabre in the soundless era, proved clumsy with sound. The resulting film was more than a diminutive clunky–but it had two things going for it: a agreeable first thirty minutes and Lugosi. Although Lugosi’s performance may seem excessively mannered by today’s standards, audiences of the 1930s found it terrifying–and even today, when the character of Dracula comes to mind, we are more likely to deem of Lugosi than other actor that later played the role.
For a brief time after the advent of sound, several studios made foreign language versions of their productions. The “Spanish” DRACULA was one such film, and when the English language company wrapped for the day the Spanish speaking cast arrived and filmed through the night using the same sets. This gave the Spanish company the wait on of hindsight: they were perfectly aware of what the English language company was doing, and they deliberately region out to best it. The result is a somewhat longer, more cohesive film with some of the most appealing visuals and camera work of the early sound era. But unfortunately, star Carlos Villarias was no Bella Lugosi: although grand of his performance was more subtle than Lugosi’s, it was also less intimidating, and where today Lugosi seems mannered, Villarias seems unfortunately laughable. In a perfect world, we would be able to insert the Lugosi performance into the “Spanish” Dracula. As it is, we are left with two deeply flawed but nonetheless tantalizing films.
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In their absorb ways, both films proved incredibly influential, and it is difficult to imagine the evolution of the classic-style fright film without reference to both the Lugosi and the “Spanish” DRACULA. The Lugosi film is not perfectly restored, but the print is very, very suited, easily the best I have seen. The “Spanish” DRACULA has more problematic elements, partly due the fact that the film borrowed some scenic footage from the Lugosi version and snips of footage from earlier films (there even appears to be a brief clip of the ballet from the restful PHANTOM OF THE OPERA in the film) ; the film is sometimes sad, sometimes very spotted, but short of a cgi restoration this is probably as pleasurable as it gets.
The Philip Glass soundtrack, which is optional, tends to divide viewers. The Lugosi DRACULA had virtually nothing in the contrivance of soundtrack; the “Spanish” DRACULA outmoded music to a greater degree, but even so that degree is comparative. The Glass pick up is often quite engaging, but it is also as often intrusive as it is effective. Some feel it adds quite a bit to the film; others come by it distracts. Whatever one’s reaction to the film, either English or Spanish language, or with or without the Glass secure, this is a much DVD package, and fans of classic anxiety will procure it an almost inexhaustible pleasure. I cannot recommend it too strongly.
Gary Taylor (gft)
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